Adjustable cultivator shield



sum/a ADJUSTABLE CULTIVATOR SHIELD Filed May 5, 1949 a Inventor games! R. Gumm Patented Jan. 12, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in agricultural implements and the primary object of the present invention is to provide a cultivator shield including a grid mem ber that is mounted adjacent a cultivator shovel to screen dirt directed from the cultivator shovel.

Another very important object of the present invention is to provide a cultivator shield including a grid member and embodying novel and improved means for adjustably securing the grid member to the shank of a cultivator shovel whereby the grid member may be adjusted vertically and horizontally with respect to the cultivator shovel.

A further object of the present invention is to provide an adjustable cultivator shield that is quickly and readily applied to or removed from the shank of a cultivator shovel in a convenient manner.

A still further aim of the present invention is to provide an adjustable cultivator shield that is simple and practical in construction, strong and reliable in use, small and compact in structure, neat and attractive in appearance, eflicient and durable in operation, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and otherwise Well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure l is a side elevational view of a cultivator shovel and showing the present invention applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a top lan view of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the attaching linkage used in conjunction with the present invention;

Figure 4 is a plan view of one type of clamp used in conjunction with the present invention; and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of another type of clamp used in conjunction with the present invention.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein, for the purpose of illustration, there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the numeral l0 represents a wellknown type of shovel construction including an upwardly extending shank portion I2. The shovel construction forms a part of agricultural implements, such as those manufactured under 2 the trade names International, John Deere, Case, Allis Chalmers, or Ferguson.

The specific shovel constructions for the above referred to agricultural implements are slightly different. However, the present invention is adapted for use with all of the above agricultural implements as well as many other wellknown agricultural implements not presently mentioned.

Heretofore, many types of guards or shields have been utilized in conjunction with the shovel constructions of farm implements. Some such shields were fixed adjacent the cultivator shovels in order to break up or screen large hunks or particles of dirt that were directed to the shields by the cultivator shovels.

The instant invention does not attempt to claim the broad use of a shield having the foregoing features but constitutes a novel and improved mounting means for the shield in order to adjust the shield vertically and horizontally with respect to the shovel construction, such as that represented by the numeral In.

The shield employed in conjunction with the present invention includes an arcuate and tubular member [4 and a downwardly and rearwardly inclined bar [8. A lurality of spaced parallel rails or bars 18 are terminally secured to the member I4 and bar I6 and the lower of these bars is designated by the numeral 20 and constitutes a runnerthat will ride upon the ground, adjacent the shovel [0.

A parallelogram linkage is associated with the shield and includes a lower portion or link 22 that is terminally fixed to the upper ends of the member [4 and bar I6, and an upper portion or link 24 the ends of which are pivoted to the offset upper ends 26 and 28 of a pair of links or pitmans 30 and 32 through the medium of fasteners 34 and 36 that are received in a selected pair of a plurality of openings 38 in the upper link 24.

The upper link 24 is spaced parallel to the lower link 22 both longitudinally and laterally, and the lower ends of the pair of links 30 and 32 are pivoted to the lower link 22 by further fasteners 40 and 42.

The upper link 24 is provided with a central opening that receives a fastener or bolt and nut 44 and the vertical leg 46 of an angle member 48 is formed with a longitudinal slot 50 that receives the fastener 44. The horizontal leg 52 of the angle member 48 is also provided with a slot 54 that receives a bolt 56 having a nut thereon. The bolt 56 extends through one end 3 of a connecting link 58 and the other end of the connecting link 58 is disposed between a pair of spaced arms 60 and '62 that are fixed to the web 64 of a U-shaped clamping member 66.

The arms 60 and 52 are provided with slots 68 that receive a fastener 10. The fastener 10 extends through the connecting link 58 and includes a nut thatis' adjustable to retain"the-link 58 adjusted between thends ofthearinstfl and 62 and toward or away from the clamping member.

The clamping member 66 embraces the' shank 12 of the shovel I and is secured thereto in a 7 selected vertical position by a bolt 'li-tliait ex tends between the ends of the clamping mem her and which has a nut threaded thereon.

Figure 4 illustrates the clamping member" 111- slightly modified form. In this embodiment, the clamping :member His substantially in the form of a split sleeve-the ends '16'ofwhich are turned outwardly in spaced relation-"and -ar'e connected byaefastener 8; The member 14" is secured by' welding or the like'to an 'arm 'of' a' -pair of arms 30 that replace the arms 60 and 62.-

The arms (or arm) 8ilareslotted, as at'82; to' receive the aforementioned fastener In Figure 5, the clamping member "84' is i U-' shaped and supports a 'single arm 86- havinga slot 88. The-'endsof 'theimem'b'er I B i'are adjust- 1- ably connected by any suitable fastening 1 means,

such as a bolt and nut; l r r The changes intshape and COIIStILICtIOn'E of the clamp'ing member will permit the present inven-" tion to be applied to many 'typesofkshovelcon struction now in use; V I g In practical use' oft the present invention; .by' adjusting the fasteners 44156; B and 12, the

shield may be -raised, loweredor mov'e'dforwardly or rearwardly with respect to the" shovel Ill; and i the links 381' and? 32*wi1l permit vertical raising and loweringl'm'ovement of Ftheshield-as the'rail' 2t rides on the ground.

Iii' -vi'ew of' 'theiforegoing description taken in conjunction Witt-1 13118" accompanying drawings, itis believed .that a'=clear' understanding of the' device" will be. quite apparent to those: skilled in this'art; Amredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary-4 It is" to be u'iidlstooi; however; that-ev nthough there is herein shown arid desc'ribed a" preferred embodiment; of the iniientioii, the same isisusceptibleto certain changes mnyi compreinvention, what is attaching saidupper horizontal link to and offset from said lower horizontal link, a clamping member securedto said shank portion, a laterally projecting arm fixed to said clamping memher, and means slidably and adjustably securing said arm to the upper link of said linkage.

2. Acultivator fender mounting comprising a;

horizontally disposed elongated link, a hanger armpivoted to and depending from each end of said horizontal linkfor supporting afender, an angle member having horizontal and vertical leg portions each of which includes an elongated slot, a fastener extending through the horizontal link and through the slot in the vertical leg portion of said angle member for adjusting the angle member vertically of the horizontal link, a clamping -member adapted for mounting on a cultivator shank, a pair of parallel arms attached to and extending horizontally from the clamping member, a connecting link, a fastening member securingone'end of said connecting link between said arms, and'another fastening member slidably and-adjustably. securing the otherend ofsaid connecting link to the slot in the horizontal leg portion of said angle member.

3; The combination of claim 2 whereinsaid' hanger arms include lower offset portions to permit raising of a fender supported on the lower portions of the hangerarms to be raised above the horizontal link." i V V EARNEST R. GUMM.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number q Name Date 1,016,814 Carter Feb. 6, 1912 1,525,575: Fisher -Feb. 10, 1925 1,563,617 Bones Dec. 1, 1925 $417,597 Hi11". Mar; 18, 1947 

1. IN AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT INCLUDING A CULTIVATOR SHOVEL HAVING A SHANK PORTION; A DEVICE FOR SCREENING THE DIRT DEFLECTED BY THE SHOVEL, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A GRID MEMBER HAVING A RUNNER FOR RIDING UPON THE GROUND, A PARALLELOGRAM LINKAGE INCLUDING UPPER AND LOWER HORIZONTAL LINKS, THE LOWER LINK OF SAID LINKAGE BEING TERMINALLY FIXED TO SAID GRID MEMBER AND OFFSET LATERALLY FROM THE UPPER LINK, MEANS PIVOTALLY ATTACHING SAID UPPER HORIZONTAL LINK, A CLAMPING SET FROM SAID LOWER HORIZONTAL LINK, A CLAMPING MEMBER SECURED TO SAID SHANK PORTION, A LATERALLY PROJECTING ARM FIXED TO SAID CLAMPING MEMBER, AND MEANS SLIDABLY AND ADJUSTABLY SECURING SAID ARM TO THE UPPER LINK OF SAID LINKAGE. 